The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain.
Ancient history
770 BCE – () founded by Phoenicians from Tyre. 205 BCE – Roman Republic in power in . 81-84 CE – Lex Malacitana or Lex Flavia Malacitana is given. Malaca was governed under this law, which granted free-born persons the privileges of Roman citizenship.
Middle Ages Early Middle Ages 571 CE – Visigoth Leovigild in power. 711 CE – Umayyad invasion . 756 CE – Umayyad Abd al-Rahman I in power. 907 CE – Mālaqah besieged by forces of Aban son of Abd Allah.
High Middle Ages 1035 – Palace of the Alcazaba built. 1079 – "Conquest of Malaga by Ibn Omar."
Late Middle Ages 1232 – Mālaqah becomes part of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada. 1350 – Traveler Ibn Battuta visits city.
Modern Period 1486 – 4 August: Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga established. 1487 – Siege of Málaga (1487); Málaga is incorporated in the Crown of Castile and repopulated. 1490 – Santiago el Mayor church built. 1494 – Earthquake. 1505 – Hospital of Santo Tomas founded. 1522 – Málaga Cathedral construction begins. 1540 – Buenavista Palace built. 1656 – 21 July: Raid on Málaga by English forces. 1680 – . 1719 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed. 1741 – Yellow fever epidemic. circa 1741 1757 – (church) built. 1782 – Málaga Cathedral construction completed. 1785 – Consulado (merchant guild) established. 1790 – active.
Contemporary Period 19th century
1804 – Epidemic. 1810 – City "sacked by the French.(General Sebastiani" 1830 – Cementerio Ingles (cemetery) established. 1831 – 11 December: Execution of rebel José María de Torrijos y Uriarte. 1834 – Heredia's iron finery forge begins operating. 1851 – Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes (art school) opens. 1857 – Population: 94,293. 1854 – Bank of Málaga founded. 1862 – Córdoba-Málaga railway begins operating. 1864 – February: Arrest of a Polish ship with weapons and ammunition, organized by Polish émigré activists to support the ongoing Polish January Uprising in partitioned Poland (see also Poland–Spain relations). 1870 – (theatre) opens. 1876 – Plaza de toros de La Malagueta (bullring) built. 1877 – Population: 115,882. 1879 – (market) built. 1881 – Pablo Picasso born in Malaga. 1885 – Socialista Malagueña founded. 1891 Calle Marqués de Larios (street) inaugurated. English Church built on Avenida de Pries. 1897 – Sociedad Propagandística del Clima y Embellecimiento de Málaga established. 1899 – (monument) erected. 1900 – Population: city 130,109; province 511,989.
20th century
1904 Málaga Club de Fútbol ("The Anchovies") formed. built in area.
1907 – September: Flood. 1908 – Malaga-Vélez-Málaga railway begins operating. 1919 – Málaga Airport opens. 1913 – Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes (museum) founded. 1918 – built. 1925 – Alameda Principal opens to traffic. 1937 February: Nationalists capture Malaga. Boinas Rojas newspaper begins publication. 1940 La Tarde newspaper begins publication. Population: 238,085. 1941 – La Rosaleda Stadium opens. 1945 – Cine Albeniz (cinema) opens. 1947 – Museo Arqueológico Provincial (museum) founded. 1949 – housing construction begins.
1966 – Cine Astoria (cinema) opens. 1970 – Population: 374,452. 1972 – University of Málaga established. 1973 – Museo de Málaga established. 1976 (museum) opens. Málaga Centro-Alameda railway station opens. 1979 – Pedro Aparicio Sánchez becomes mayor. 1981 – Population: 503,251. 1982 – 13 September: Spantax airplane crash. 1988 Fundación Picasso established. (church) built. 1991 – Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga (orchestra) active. 1992 Andalusia Technology Park (science complex) opens. Baloncesto Málaga (basketball team) formed. 1995 – Celia Villalobos becomes mayor. 1998 – Málaga Spanish Film Festival begins. 1999 La Opinión de Málaga begins publication. Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena (arena) opens. 2000 July: Politician Jose Maria Martin Carpena assassinated. Francisco de la Torre (politician) becomes mayor.
21st century
2003 Málaga Metropolitan Transport Consortium established. Museo Picasso Málaga opens. 2004 – magazine begins publication. 2006 – 2006 European Cup (athletics) held. 2009 – Honorary Consulate of Poland opened. 2010 29 September: . Population: 568,507. 2011 – Carmen Thyssen Museum opens.
See also History of Málaga
Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th-15th century CE Timelines of other cities in the autonomous community of Andalusia: Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, Seville List of municipalities in Andalusia
References
This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia and Catalan Wikipedia.
Bibliography in English Published in the 18th-19th centuries
Published in the 20th century
M Barke, M Newton. Promoting sustainable tourism in an urban context: recent developments in Malaga City, Andalusia. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1995.
Published in the 21st century
in Spanish (Historia section)
External links
Map of Málaga, 1943 Europeana. Items related to Málaga, various dates. Digital Public Library of America. Items related to Málaga, various dates